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Police have arrested a 29-year-old man for rape and aggravated assault, among other offenses, in Port Richmond. Hasan Harold, of Napa Street, was charged in connection with the incident that reportedly occurred on Tuesday, February 20 on the 3000 block of Aramingo Avenue.

Shots were fired and two people were pistol-whipped during a violent home invasion in the Feltonville section of Philadelphia. Police were called around 4 a.m. Wednesday to the 200 block of West Roosevelt Boulevard for the reports of gunshots.

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An SUV hit and killed a pedestrian on Washington Road (Route 19) in Peters Township, Washington County, on Monday night. The coroner said the victim was struck in the southbound lane near 4150 Washington Rd. at about 7:50 p.m. and was pronounced dead at Canonsburg Hospital about an hour later.

A Pennsylvania couple has pleaded guilty in a case in which prosecutors say three children were so starved for food they peeled paint off the walls to survive. Joshua and Brandi Weyant pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of aggravated assault, conspiracy, false imprisonment, unlawful restraining and child endangerment.

Thieves stole tens of thousands of dollars from a Northeast Philadelphia motel, police say. Authorities were called around 11 p.m. Sunday to the Roosevelt Inn on the 7600 block of Roosevelt Boulevard in Rhawnhurst.

Authorities say an inmate at a western Pennsylvania prison assaulted two guards, seriously injuring one and prompting a lockdown at the facility. Public information officer Christie Schenck says the 22-year-old inmate attacked a corrections officer assigned to a housing unit at State Correctional Institution-Somerset at about 7 p.m. Thursday. She says another corrections officer who came to the aid of the first officer was also assaulted.

State police are investigating a domestic incident that left a woman dead and a man seriously injured Saturday night. Hamburg Borough Police Department responded to a domestic incident call at the 400 block of North Fifth Street in Hamburg around 5:24 p.m.

A woman and two children were taken to hospitals Sunday morning after a fire spread through their family’s home in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood, officials said. The fire was reported about 4:30 a.m. on Westmont Avenue, where flames were seen shooting from a window of the home. Officials said a family of seven was in the home.

A Philadelphia school has been locked down after a student reported seeing a man with a gun on the premises. Action News is told the report came in to police after 8:30 a.m. Friday from the Wagner School in the West Oak Lane section of Philadelphia. Video from Chopper 6 showed police converging on the school, located in the 1700 block of Chelten Avenue.

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A two-alarm fire damaged a vacant apartment building in Pottstown, Montgomery County. The blaze broke out at 1 a.m. Thursday in the 500 block of Beech Street. Crews arrived to find flames shooting from the second floor of the building.

Fire damaged twin homes in Darby Borough, Delaware County. It broke out at 2:30 a.m. Thursday in 100 block of Fern Street. Action News is told flames engulfed the second floor of one home then spread to the attached house.

Allegheny County police confirm the suspect in a standoff in Churchill was shot twice by officers and taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. The man's condition is unknown at this time. Police said the standoff started after a woman ran out of the suspect's home shortly after 4:00 p.m. saying she had been assaulted by someone inside the home.

Swatara Township Police are investigating a fight that broke out during dismissal on Wednesday at Steelton-Highspire High School. Officers from the Steelton Borough Police Department entered the school for a meeting regarding a mentor program. They were immediately met by school officials who alerted them of a large fight on the side entrance of the building

A man is facing charges for allegedly stabbing the driver of a pickup truck in a dispute over driving directions. According to police, the incident happened Monday along State Route 22/30 in Robinson Township, Washington County around 11:40 p.m.

A Cumberland County man has been arrested for the beating and shaking death of his infant son. Brian L. Wagner, 30, of Newville, is charged with criminal homicide, aggravated assault, and endangering the welfare of children

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